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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Shifting the focus to the child: how one council went from ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ in two years

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Adults, Workforce

New Mental Health Act must require minimum number of AMHPs, says parliamentary inquiry

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

How social work is flourishing amid hotdesking in one ‘outstanding’ council

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Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Low take-up of NAAS down to social workers being unsure of benefits, ADCS president warns

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Adults, Workforce

Adult PSWs should be part of leadership team with additional roles limited, says government

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budget cuts

Adults

Worsening social care funding position wreaking increased human cost, warn directors

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Health and Care Professions Council

Adults

Social worker who copied and pasted reports which put other professionals ‘at risk’ struck off

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An older person looking stressed

Adults

Ombudsman lambasts council for using ‘flawed assessment’ to cut disabled woman’s care by 60%

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Mental Capacity Act

Adults

Expected implementation date for DoLS replacement model announced by care minister

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Image of social worker Tayyebah Jiva, who has been awarded an MBE

Adults, Children, Workforce

Social worker involved with Penny Appeal awarded MBE in birthday honours list

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Adults, Children, Workforce

Social work sector must embrace technology or risk being ‘left behind’, says BASW chief

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Staff from Somerset Council who took part in BBC Panorama's Crisis in Care series

Adults

‘This is real life social work, you should film this’ – practitioners on letting Panorama’s cameras in

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Children

‘Traditional ways of working’ left agencies unable to safeguard looked-after child involved in gang

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Adults

Hancock vows to tackle segregation of children and learning disabled adults failed by ‘broken’ system

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Mental Capacity Act

Adults

DoLS replacement bill becomes law ahead of expected implementation in 2020

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Lyn Romeo, chief social worker for adults

Adults, Workforce

Lyn Romeo: adult social work in much stronger position since introduction of chief social worker role

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